Loss of heterozygosity, differentiation, and clonality in microdissected male germ cell tumours

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 389-394

  Rothe, Marcus ^a   Albers, Peter ^a   Wernert, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Loss of heterozygosity; Testicular germ cell tumours; Tumour suppressor genes

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHORIOCARCINOMA; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GENETIC LINKAGE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; TERATOMA; TESTIS CANCER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

EID: 0032786514     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199908)188:4<389::AID-PATH364>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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